BIB_ID
332703
Accession number
MA 1026.47
Creator
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852.
Display Date
1841 Mar. 1.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 18.5 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of letters from the Duke of Wellington to the banker and diarist Thomas Raikes. Items in the collection have been described individually; see related collection-level catalog record for more information.
Provenance
By descent to Raikes's grandson Percy B. Raikes; Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from F.G. Sweet, 1925.
Summary
Hoping that the Eastern Question really is winding up peacefully; remarking that he has no confidence in either a policy of "isolement" since "man is a social animal" nor in "paix armée." Promising to do all that he can as a private individual to secure peace.
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